Board of Directors & Leadership Team
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS
Melissa Weiler Gerber, President & CEO
PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM
Tracey Santilli, Chair
CARMICHAEL LYNCH
Gabe Weissman, Vice Chair
CENCORA
Monica J. Harmon, Secretary
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTANT
Timothy Doyle, Treasurer
PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS
Angeline Arumainayagam
BARCLAYS
David M. Davis
ACCENTURE
Karen Griffith Gryga
BIOMEME
Michael Kusy
CERTARES MANAGEMENT
Orcel Kounga
DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Matthew Malek
EVP ALLIANCES
Ronald Street
CRESA LLC
Barbara Klock, MD
Program Developer and Director of the Lang Medical Scholars Program
LEWIS KATZ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Elizabeth McNichol
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP
Greg Millhauser
THE GLENMEDE TRUST
Christyn L. Rossman
THE VANGUARD GROUP
Virginia G. (Ginny) Susini
PNC BANK
Timothy Vecchiarelli
DELOITTE
Melissa Volin
HONEYWELL
Julia Tewksbury
HEALTH UNION
Kernika Gupta
Vice President, Office of the CEO
INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS
Angela Liem, M.S.,
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Ivy Brown
Chief Growth Officer
Tracy Curvan
Chief Operating Officer
Jane Federowicz
Chief People & Culture Officer
Greg Goldman
Chief Development Officer
Olivia Thomas
Chief Learning Officer
Ex Officio Members
Jessica Shapiro
Associate Deputy Mayor for Social Impact & Strategic Initiatives
Representing Mayor Cherelle L. Parker
Mayor, City of Philadelphia
Joshua M. Cohen
Chief of Staff
Office of Councilman Curtis Jones Jr.
Representing The Honorable Kenyatta Johnson
Philadelphia City Council President
Darren Fava
Chief of Staff
Representing Commissioner Susan Slawson
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Aleandra Elliott
Chief of Staff
Representing The Honorable Representative G. Roni Green
Member, PA House of Representatives
Tiffany Wilson
Chief of Staff
Representing The Honorable Vincent J. Hughes
Member, Pennsylvania Senate
Emeritus
Elizabeth B. Cartmell
Sharon G. Coghlan, Esq.
Anne F. Hamilton
Gie Liem
Portia Sperr, Founder, Please Touch Museum
The Community Advisory Council
Ron Allen
Office of Senator Vincent Hughes
Shakia Boulware
Parkside Association of Philadelphia
Mike Burch
Editor, Parkside Weekly
Catherine Cahill
The Mann Center
Roberta and Alfonzo Connor
Clayborn Lewis Community Center
Calla Cousar
East Parkside Residents Association
Ruby Davis
First African Presbyterian Church
Evon Delee
New Church Down the Way Ministries
Julia Diggs
West Philadelphia Senior Center
Pam Evans
Mayor’s Office of Children and Families
Lorraine Gomez
Viola Street Resident’s Association
Cass Green
The Church Down the Way/Mill Creek Community
Partnership
Falena Hand
West Philadelphia Neighborhood Libraries
Monica Harmon
Bartram High School
Tina Harris
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Luncinda Hudson
Parkside Association of Philadelphia
Jennifer Mahar
Fairmount Park Conservancy
Charlene Mills
Parkside Association of Philadelphia
Pastor Joe E. Nock
Second Antioch Baptist Church
Ray Parker
Turning Points for Children
Derrick Pratt
We Embrace Fatherhood
Chris Spahr
Centennial Parkside CDC
Kelly Thomas
People’s Emergency Center
Crystal Walker
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement
Dwayne Walker
People’s Emergency Center
Alice Wright
United Block Captains Association
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